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C. S. KENT.

LAND TITLE RECORD BLANK APPLICATION FILED FEB-26.1914.

Patented Oct. 7, 1919.

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C. S. KENT.

LAND TITLE RECORD BLANK.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 26. 1914.

1,317,925' Patented Oct. 7 1919,,

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C. S. KENT.

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APPLICATION FILED FEB. 26. m4.

1,317,925. Patented Oct. 7,1919.

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' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 7 1919.

7 Application filed February 26, 1914. Serial No. 821,199.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES S. KENT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Syracuse, Onondaga county, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Land-Title'-Record Blanks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to systems for abstracting title records to lands and has for one of its objects the provision of a simple system whereby a perpetual abstract may be conveniently and correctly maintained and extended daily at a minimum expense and which will alford means whereby the title to lands may be quickly ascertained even byone unskilled as a title searcher.

The invention also has for its objects the provision of a show a complete description of the lands conveyed, and all of the recorded transactions affecting the title to those lands from the original sourceor sovereign people down to the present time. e r

A further object is to provide a system in which the abstract will show all of the grantors and grantees in transactions relating to the lands so that it will be possible to ascertain within a few moments time given person may be a grantor. i A further object'is to provide a system of abstracting titles from which may be ascertamed within a few moments time a complete description of all property and plat thereof which is held or has been held by a given individual.

A further object is to provide a system of abstracting titles which embodies permanent trunk. or original abstracts showing a complete description of the lands conveyed and all of the recorded transactions, afiecting the title to. those lands, from the original source down to and including the last transaction affecting the 1 title to the lands as a whole; the system also embodying. continuation ablands covered by the trunkj 'abstracts; these continuations having suitable "reference to the originals ortrunks so that originals are used with their continuations" totshow the complete chainof title' to the sub-divisions and it'isunnecessary to repeat; in the abw stractscovering the sub-divisions the transactions recordedin the originalsor trunks.

A further object ofthe' invention is to provide a system of recordsadapted foruse a book or books,

perpetual abstract which will form apart of this specification,

' which sub-divisions of the whole I every fourth or p intermediate lines that thesections and quarter sections may and be able to notify the owner thereof of any matters which arise, such as assessments, recorded deeds, liens, etc., which may affect his title.

The invention is carried out by means of preferably ofthe loose-leaf type, having leaves which are so ruled as to provide a system of spaces in which information as to each transaction afiecting the title to lands maybe entered. It, is intended that each leaf ofthe book shall, by itself or in connection with any leaf or leaves of which it is a continuation, constitute the title record for a single piece of land,and by giving to each leaf a. suitable distinguishing mark or number and providing the usual form of alphabetical or other suitable indeXes of land divisions, grantors and granteesa complete system is provided which is adapted to be used by individuals, title companies and recorder offices.

In the accompanying drawings, which a ortion of a -leaf,embodying my invention, is illustrated, the three sheets taken together show 'ing the upper part of the leaf and a series of entries appear which illustrate the manner in'which the invention is used.

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that the leaf is provided with a heading containing blanks for the entry of data which will identify the leaf and also locate the lands, the abstract of the title of which is shown on the leaf. Below the heading the leaf is shown as divided up into small squares by means of cross-section lines, this being .for the purpose of conveniently making upon the sheet a plat of the lands. It will be understood that the cross-section lines maybe omitted, but for the purpose of conveniently showing theplat of lands are. regularly divided into counties,

townsites and sections it is preferable to have atleastfa portion of the sheet provided withcross-section'lines and by making eighth line heavier'than the be more conveniently represented. The leaf, below the heading, is divided'by means of a series of parallel lines'alnto verticalspaces or columns in which the data as to the different transactions relating 'to the observed lands may be entered. Each of these columns is provided with a heading and preferably has a distinguishing number. Column No. 1 contains a vertical seriesof consecutive numbers indicating the difierent lines on the leaf so that any particular line? may be conveniently referred to by its num-' ber. Column No. 2 is to receive the numbers of the different transactions, the transactions being arranged and numbered chronologically. Column No. 3 contains the names of the grantors and grantees in each transaction. Column No. 4 has a heading Instruments and contains a reference to the character of the instrument as Letters Patent, Deed, Will. Column No. 5 is for entries to show the interest which is transferred. Columns Nos. 6, 7 and 8 are for entries identifying and describing the lands transferred. Column No. 9 is for the entry of the date of the instrument in each transaction. Column No. 10 is for the entry of the'date of recording the instrument re ferred to in column N0. 9. Columns Nos. 11 and 12, show, respectively, the place of record of said instrument, that is, the book and the page thereof in the office of the recorder. Column No. 13 is for the entry of the consideration Or amount of money paid in each transaction. Columns Nos. 1 1, 15 and 16 are for the entry of date relatin to taxes, assessments, and exemptions, affecting said lands. Column No. 17 is for the entry of the date of issue of Letters of Administration upon estates of decedents and determines the lien of debts affecting said lands. Columns Nos. 18, 19 and 20 are for the entry. of data relating to local or municipal assessments affecting said lands. Column No. 21 is for the entry of data as to easements to which the property is subjected. Column 22 and additional columns, if necessary, are for the entry of irregular matters and data having a bearing upon or affecting the title to said lands. Column No. 23 is for the entry of data showing the ownership of the said lands after each transaction. Column No. 2 1 is for the entry of data as to defects in the title. Column No. 25 is for the entry of a statement in summary of the condition of thetitle, that is,

whether it isfree and clear or subject to mortgages, taxes, easements, or liens.

r In the drawings, the first transaction relates to a grant of certain lands from the people to one John Townsend. It will be that the information and dataas to this grantis entered in a horizontal line extending across the sheet and the record showsthat as a result of this transaction John Townsend owned the lands in question free. and: clear.

Y No. deed from John Townsend and'wife to one Charles Williams,

7 granting an undivided five-eighths interest in the same lands. All the essential information and data as to this second transaction is entered in a horizontal line, below the former entry, and in columns 23 and 25 it appears that John Townsend and Charles Williams own three-eighths and five-eighths of said lands, respectively, free and clear.

Following out the other entries it will be seen that each contains the essential information and data of its transaction and that the sheet shows at a glance the complete chain of title to said lands, all grantors and grantees, their interest in said lands, and the summary condition of the title after each transaction. 7

It will be observed that transaction No. 5

relates to lot 11, or only a part of the lands affected by the preceding transactions and therefore as to lots 11 and 12 the record of the first four transactions constitutes the original or trunk abstract. In carrying out the system in practice it will bepreferable to enter transaction No. 5 on a separate leaf constituting a continuation of the leaf illustrated and having a suitable reference to the leaf showing the first four transactions. In a similar manner a separate leaf will be provided for recording later transactions affecting lot 12. This arrangement avoids repetition, of the data on the trunk abstract, on the various abstracts for the individual lots or sub-divisions.

I It will be observed that transaction No. 5 transferred the property subject to an easement and this easement is shown in columns 21, 23 and 25.

From the drawings it will be evident that by my invention a record is provided which shows, at a glance, all of the transactions which have affected the title to the lands in any way and which also shows'the present owners and the source of their title. The record also shows, even to one unskilledas a title searcher, the status of the title so that in an office employing my system it is possible even for an unskilled clerk to accurately ascertain, within a few moments, the status of the title to any lands, the record of which is maintained in that ofiice; f

By using a loose-leaf book additional leaves may be-inserted at any time in order to have entered thereonthe transactions relating to a sub-divisionrofany lands, the record or trunk abstract of which, as a whole, is keptup on another leaf.

It will be understood that the arrangement of columns may bevaried from that shown. in the drawings and that satisfactoryrecords maybe maintained without all of the columns which. I have shown, but I. I contemplate,

no systems have been heretofore devised which will enable one to ascertain immediately the status of the title to a given piece of land and also the complete chain of title thereto without goin through difierent books or records in clerks, recorders, registers and city offices to get the information as to the different transactions in which the lands have been involved and are subjected.

It will be evident from the foregoing that my improved system of records is adapted for use by a title insurance company which undertakes to advise a property owner of any matters which are recorded and which affect his title. By having the records kept with reference to the property itself, as soon as any matter which affects the title to the property is recorded in the clerks office, the same will be entered on the records of the title insurance company and enable it to immediately notify the owner of the property so that he will be fully advised as to all matters, of record, which affect his title.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patcut is:

A sheet for indicating the history and present status of a particular parcel of land, having a title space for receiving designations identifying a parcel of land, a series of columns having indicia indicating that the columns are to receive the date of transfers and other information relating to said parcel of land, one of said columns having a heading indicating that said column is for a summary derived from the other columns thereby showing the present status of the land.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES S. KENT. Witnesses:

W. F. OANOUGH, GoRnoN E. KENT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

